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October 25, 2017

Failure is just an all-important lesson on the journey to success.

Co Founder of Think BOLD, Emma Stewart, recently wrote a post for Business Chicks on failure in business and how to successfully recover from it…

“Ever had a really messy breakup? Gosh, it hurts, doesn’t it? Running a business is like being in a long-term relationship. You commit your whole life to that business. Long days, long nights. You invest your time and money into it and it may not work out. Messy breakups can happen in business too.

Whether it just hasn’t worked out, it has been an epic failure, or you’ve realised that it’s time to move on; that business was your baby. You grew it from the ground up, through the highs and the lows. You probably shared the ‘L’ word way too early because let’s be honest, we entrepreneurs are passionate beings – we fall hard, and we fall fast. You dedicated the last however many months and years to it so when it doesn’t work out, it hurts. It hurts like hell, and it can leave you feeling broken. Well, it did for me anyway…”